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New Version of Microsoft Office for Mac Slated for 2014 Release

Tuesday March 11, 2014 11:31 am PDT by Juli Clover
Microsoft is planning to introduce an updated version of its Office productivity suite for the Mac in 2014, according to Thorsten Hübschen, Business Group Lead at Microsoft Germany, who gave Computerwoche (via Macworld) the news at the Cebit trade fair in Hanover.

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While there's little information available on a possible release date, Hübschen said more news on the product should come during the second quarter of 2014. Microsoft's current Office software for the Mac was released more than three years ago in October of 2010.
At the Cebit trade fair in Hanover, Hübschen told Computerwoche that there are now development teams for each of the Office applications, which each produce versions of their product for different platforms. In addition to MacOS, other possible targets for the future may include tablets running iOS and Android.
Microsoft originally had plans to release Office for Mac in the spring of 2014, but it appears the company will miss that timeline, instead planning for a release later in the year. According to a representative from Microsoft, the company is indeed working on the next version of Office for Mac.
"The team is hard at work on the next version of Office for Mac," she said in an email. "While I don't have details to share on timing, when it’s available, Office 365 subscribers will automatically get the next Office for Mac at no additional cost."
The company is also said to be working on an iPad version of Office, but it remains unclear when that app might arrive.

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keterboy
67 months ago
Dont know about you guys but im SO tired of Microsoft's products...

#msannoying
Rating: 36 Votes
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Nickpocalypse
67 months ago

Dont know about you guys but im SO tired of Microsoft's products...

#msannoying


lol only on this forum would meaningless hate-for-non-Apple-company be so popular.

I'm a huge user of Apple products, but have you tried to use Numbers? I know they're re-adding functionality over time, but to use it now for anything even remotely professional is a waste of time. In this case you get what you pay for.
Rating: 34 Votes
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HenryDJP
67 months ago
I don't care about MS Office as much as I used to. Maybe because most of what is done in the business world today doesn't necessarily require using Microsoft's software. Today my entire office is happily Microsoft-free. :)
Rating: 18 Votes
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Nunyabinez
67 months ago
Seeing these posts, I wonder what kind of work MR posters do. I unfortunately produce documents that may be sent to others to edit.

I have to often make presentations on someone else's conference room computer which is not often a Mac.

If you live and work in an insular world where you don't have to interact with other businesses or non-Mac users then maybe these alternatives are possible.

For me, not using Office would be such a pain in the ass that regardless of how poor the software is, I have to use it because it is THE business document format.
Rating: 18 Votes
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co.ag.2005
67 months ago

Dont know about you guys but im SO tired of Microsoft's products...

#msannoying


I'm so tired of the use of hashtags outside of twitter, facebook, and instagram ;)
Rating: 14 Votes
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Hastings101
67 months ago
Not sure about newer versions but 2011 for Mac is by far the best office suite I've ever used. Not sure what all the hate for Office is over outside of it being made by Microsoft... who is really no longer the "bad guy" lol.
Rating: 11 Votes
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Nimrad
67 months ago
OneNote for Mac PLEASE!
Rating: 9 Votes
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Michael Goff
67 months ago
Everybody hates Office ...

Yet I haven't found a single source that says it isn't still the most used suite out there.
Rating: 9 Votes
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GoodWatch
67 months ago

lol only on this forum would meaningless hate-for-non-Apple-company be so popular.

I'm a huge user of Apple products, but have you tried to use Numbers? I know they're re-adding functionality over time, but to use it now for anything even remotely professional is a waste of time. In this case you get what you pay for.


Save your breath. In order to score as many 'fanboy brownie points' as possible, some posters will slash anything Microsoft, Google, Samsung and Android at every possible opportunity. Professional haters :rolleyes:
Rating: 8 Votes
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tech4all
67 months ago

who even buys this junk ?

worst software on the planet


I'm sorry, but that really makes you sound ignorant. Get a clue.

Everybody hates Office ...

Yet I haven't found a single source that says it isn't still the most used suite out there.


If it's made by Microsoft or Google, it will be hated here. The Reality Distortion Field is strong here.
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